Queen Latifah performed the National Anthem during the first half of an NFL football game on Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2012, in East Rutherford, N.J.

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This might look like a typical baby shower -- women sitting around a table piled high with gifts for a newborn oohing, aahing and laughing riotously -- but the guests aren't just any women. They are some of the most admired actresses of our time.

Seated around the table, part of a film set for a remake of the iconic "Steel Magnolias," are Queen Latifah, Alfre Woodard, Phylicia Rashad, Jill Scott and Adepero Oduye.

When Oduye, in her role as the pregnant Annelle, wonders about the anonymous gift of risqu{inodot} lingerie she has just unwrapped, Ouiser Boudreaux (Woodard) chimes in: "I thought ...